Iraq
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Life triumphs over death as Christians rebuild in Iraq, pope says
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published March 7, 2021Amid the rubble and bombed out remains of four churches destroyed by Islamic State militants, Pope Francis paid tribute to Iraqi Christians who endured persecution and even death in visits to Mosul and Qaraqosh.
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U.S. bishops’ group travels to Iraq, meets with those who fled ISIS
By DALE GAVLAK, Catholic News Service
Published February 5, 2015AINKAWA, Iraq (CNS)—One of Iraq’s Christians chased out of her historic homeland quietly prayed the rosary as a bishop who traveled halfway around the world to meet her and others displaced celebrated Mass for them. “It’s a journey of encountering God, the poor and the dispossessed,” Bishop Oscar Cantu, chairman of the Committee on International […] Full Story
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Minority communities wonder why Iraqi government fails to protect them
By DALE GAVLAK, Catholic News Service
Published November 13, 2014AINKAWA, Iraq (CNS)—Two months after 3-year-old Christina was snatched by Islamic State militants from a bus as her family helplessly watched, Ayda Abada wonders about the fate of her daughter. Now sheltering in an unfinished building in the Christian enclave of Ainkawa outside of Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq, Abada […] Full Story